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Eric Clapton - 1966-69 - Eric Clapton And...
Many bands in the history of Eric Clapton. Some of them little known... The first band Eric Clapton joined was The Roosters. Eric was asked to join the band following an audition and rehearsal at The Prince of Wales Pub in New Malden, England in January 1963. They disbanded in August 1963.(No known recording)Eric Clapton's Powerhouse was a British blues studio supergroup formed in 1966. Powerhouse was formed with full intention of being a short-lived studio project. The band starred Eric Clapton (guitar), and featured Paul Jones (harmonica) and Jack Bruce (bass) from Manfred Mann, Steve Winwood (vocals) and Pete York (drums) from the Spencer Davis Group, and Ben Palmer (piano) who had previously played with Clapton and Jones as a member of The Roosters.The Dirty Mac were a one-time English supergroup consisting of John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Mitch Mitchell that Lennon put together for The Rolling Stones' TV special entitled The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. Recorded on 11 December 1968.The Plastic Ono Band is a conceptual supergroup formed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969 before the dissolution of the Beatles. Among the various other members of the band were Eric Clapton, two more Beatles (George Harrison and Ringo Starr), artist Klaus Voormann, future Yes drummer Alan White, members of Delaney and Bonnie, the Who's drummer Keith Moon, New York band Elephant's Memory, Billy Preston, Nicky Hopkins, Phil Spector, drummer Jim Keltner, and, in a 2009 revival, Sean Lennon. Free Creek was a band composed of many internationally renowned musical artists, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Keith Emerson, Mitch Mitchell and Linda Ronstadt, who recorded one album, in 1969, in a "super session" format.The recordings, made in 1969, were released in 1973 The Powerhouse - 1966 01 - I Want To Know 02 - Crossroads 03 - Stepping Out Dirty Mac - 1968 04 - Mick Jagger's And John Lennon's Introduction Of The Dirty Mac 05 - Yer Blues 06 - Whole Lotta Yoko (The Dirty Mac & Yoko Ono) Plastic Ono Band - 1969 07 - Blue Suede Shoes 08 - Dizzy Miss Lizzy 09 - Yer Blues 10 - Cold Turkey 11 - Give Peace A Chance Free Creek - 1969 12 - Road Song 13 - Getting Back To Molly 14 - No One Knows LINK
